Paul George and Gordon Hayward are the only two players still playing on the NBA. John Wall is yet to be signed.
For some context, based on the wiki page (cause I’m a little too preoccupied to look for another source)
Active players in 2023 starting from the 2003 draft class:
2003:
- Lebron James
2004:
- None (Andre Iguodala was the last player to retire)
2005:
- Chris Paul
2006:
- Rudy Gay
- Kyle Lowry
- PJ Tucker
2007:
- Kevin Durant
- Al Horford
- Mike Conley
- Jeff Green
- Thaddeus Young
2008:
- Derrick Rose
- Russell Westbrook
- Kevin Love
- Danilo Gallinari
- Eric Gordon
- DJ Augustin
- Brook Lopez
- Robin Lopez
- JaVale McGee
- Nic Batum
- George Hill
- DeAndre Jordan
- Goran Dragic
2009:
- Blake Griffin
- James Harden
- Ricky Rubio
- Steph Curry
- DeMar DeRozan
- James Johnson
- Jrue Holiday
- Taj Gibson
- Pat Bev
- Danny Green
- Patty Mills
2010:
- Paul George
- Gordon Hayward
2011: (16 players)
2012: (13 players)
what happened in the 2010 draft class and why are there so few of them left?
is it just a coincidence, or did something significant happen during that year?
Just seems like a super weak draft to me. Wall went first and we all know what ended up happening there but fair enough. #2 was Evan Turner - which if I think really hard I vaguely remember the name - but my main thought is “who?”
There were plenty of good role players who would shine from time to time further down the draft but 13 years later it’s no surprise they’re all gone. Prospects who could do better are always rated higher than known mid-tier players after several years in the league.
I did a little more digging and Wall, Cousins, George & Hayward are the only players from the 2010 draft to ever get a single all star nod. 9 out of the 60 never played a single NBA game. I’m going with the idea that it was just not a great year for the draft.
Agreed, and I think it’s compounded by how deep the previous two draft classes were. There was no shortage of young talent to build around by the time the 2010 class came in
ET! You’ll see him on Iguadala’s podcast.
Search “Point Forward” on YouTube.
Don’t do the math on how long ago 2010 was or you will immediately turn to dust
That was 13 years ago, so that shouldn’t be too surprising right? Am I old?
there are 24 players still playing from the previous 2 draft classes, so it is a bit surprising how few from 2010 are left.
